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Citrix has just announced the acquisition of social business collaboration platform, Podio. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Podio is a social network for businesses that lets those who use it create apps to enhance the functionality of the service. We’ve compared it to a “Yammer with apps.”...

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Enterprise software company Jive has just reported fourth quarter results, which represent the company’s first earnings report as a public company. Q4 total revenue came in at $22.5 million, up 53% year-over-year. The company continued to take losses in terms of profit, posting a net loss of $12.7 million for...

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There may be millions of people or more following and commenting on a brand, but how can it find the ones worth reaching out to? That’s the question that Dachis Group is trying to answer with a new product called Advocate Insight. Founder and CEO Jeffrey Dachis (previously the co-founder...

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With an expected valuation of close to $100 billion, it’s understandable that no one can stop talking about Facebook’s initial public offering this week. But while Facebook basks in the social media spotlight, companies tackling tough business problems are exciting investors, if not consumers. Workday, for example, is expected...

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HootSuite announced today that it has acquired social media tool maker Seesmic. Seesmic, led by charismatic chief executive Loic Le Meur, who also runs Le Web conference in Paris, is the king of the pivot, starting life as video commenting tool, becoming a Twitter client, transitioning to a client for...

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IBM is acquiring recruiting and talent software management provider Kenexa for $1.3 billion or $46 a share in a bid to bolster its social business capabilities and build out its HR services. IBM is following in the footsteps of Oracle and SAP, which bought Kenexa competitors Taleo and SuccessFactors respectively in the last...

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I’m at the London Web Summit today and it’s set to be a packed event full of UK-centric discussion, from whether or not the Government should be helping startups to a panel that our own Robin Wauters is hosting about the future of our digital money. I too am wrangling...

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Podio, the collaborative work platform that was acquired by Citrix earlier this year, just launched its first iPad app. Podio already offered native apps for Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android platform, but today’s launch marks the company’s first foray into the tablet world. As tablets become increasingly common in companies...

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Box already made news earlier today with the launch of OneCloud, its suite of productivity applications that are accessible from mobile devices. But it wasn’t done — the company also hosted the last stop of its World Tour in San Francisco, where CEO Aaron Levie demonstrated what he called a...

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The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is back, with 10 new startups just announced as part of its Summer 2012 class. From political fundraising to group travel to social business referrals, the incubator has a wide range of startups going through its latest three-month program. Like other incubators, the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator...

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IBM has agreed to acquire major HR software player Kenexa for about $1.3 billion, the company announced today. Kenexa offers talent management, recruiting, and retention software to nearly 9,000 customers in 21 countries. It has 2,800 employees, and it will help IBM with its “social business” credentials. IBM will...

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IBM may not be the earliest mover among B2B companies offering more social features to its clients, but it is definitely trying to make sure it stays in game: today it announced that it would extend the social media features it offers through IBM Connections — roughly, the company’s enterprise...

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On the heels of Box’s strong growth in 2011 — now at 8 million users and 100,000 businesses — and plans to offer the service to the Feds, comes another sign of the enterprise-cloud storage startup’s fast growth: it is moving into Europe. Today the company is announcing a deal...

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The spending spree on social business upstarts lays bare five major trends transforming enterprise software. By Ryan Holmes, contributor FORTUNE — Microsoft is snatching up business social networking tool Yammer – a.k.a Facebook for the workplace – for $1.2 billion. This acquisition hints at a major shift in the way...

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Linkedin’s been on a bit of a tear lately. Whether it’s the company’s recent acquisition of Rapportive, or the fact that it’s outpacing Facebook’s growth in Indonesia, clearly Linkedin means business– in more ways than one. Of all the social networks floating around out there today, Linkedin is the benchmark when...

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Leila Janah, cofounder of Samasource Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank, sparked a movement with the simple question: “If you are a socially conscious person, why don’t you run your business in a way that will help achieve social objectives?” Today’s young tech...

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Months after getting picked up by Ctirix, “Yammer with apps” platform Podio is making another big move: To the iPad. Podio allows business users to create and integrate custom apps in a single collaborative workspace. This gives users an extreme amount of flexibility, allowing them to structure their workflows in ways that best...

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Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that collects and delivers the top social media news first thing every morning. You can sign up to receive Social Media Insights here or at the bottom of this post. Blogs Outrank Social Networks In Terms Of Influence (Technorati via...

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Spigit, the maker of collaborative innovation management software for enterprises, has acquired Crowdcast, a provider of social business intelligence solutions. Crowdcast has raised $6 million in funding. Crowdcast aims to help companies find out what their people really know about their businesses, in order to make better strategic leadership decisions....

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Before I dive in and give you some juicy, usable ideas for winning new customers and growing your business through social channels I want to get something straight. When I say ‘social’ business, I don’t mean social enterprise or non-profit businesses. What I mean by ‘social’ is making your business......

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Enterprise social networking company Jive Software has considerably upgraded its product offerings for the first time since the company went public last December, with the debut of new apps to help its customers stay in touch and collaborate better. Palo Alto-based Jive faces strong competition from Yammer, Moxie, and...

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Jive Software reported its first earnings as a public company today, and introduced a secret new product called “Project Thunder.” In the fourth quarter of 2011, Jive increased its revenue by 53 percent over the same period last year, earning $22.5 million. Revenue directly associated with product was up 61...

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Hootsuite, the company behind the business-oriented social media management service just announced that it has acquired Seesmic, the company perhaps better known for its founder Loïc Le Meur than for its often-changing stable of social media tools. Financial terms aren’t being disclosed, but the deal appears to be more about...

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At LeWeb in Paris this year, I was lucky enough to be picked to interview Greenpeace’s Head of Digital & Mobilization, Brian Fitzgerald on the Social Business Track stage. Fitzgerald’s job is to take Greenpeace’s causes and turn them into successful online campaigns that encourage people to take offline action. As...

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Nipendo, which offers a cloud-based B2B integration platform that enables companies to connect and transact with their trading partners, has secured $8 million in Series B funding. The capital injection comes from Horizons Ventures, which manages the private tech investments of billionaire business magnate Li Ka-shing, and prior backer Magma...

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Research by social media consultancy Sociagility shows that Britain’s elite universities are losing out to their US counterparts on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. In times where student fees are going up and higher educational choices are getting tougher, it’s an important space when focussing on domestic...

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This is a guest post by author and media strategist Brian Solis In business, social media is becoming a lot like email: every company has it. But, unlike email, organizations haven’t mastered how to effectively communicate through the likes of Facebook or the tweets of Twitter. Over the last several years,...